Black Orpheus
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Crew and Cast
Marcel CamusDirector · Ernesto
Breno MelloOrfeo
Marpessa DawnEurydiceLourdes de OliveiraMira
Léa GarciaSerafina
Adhemar Ferreira da SilvaDeathWaldetar De SouzaChico
Alexandre ConstantinoHermesJorge Dos SantosBenedito
Aurino CassianoZeca
Maria AliceLittle Girl
Fausto GuerzoniFaustoThereza Santos
Zeni Pereira
Elizeth Cardoso
Cartola
Dona Zica
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Info
- Original title
- Orfeu Negro
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 12 June 1959
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- PG
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 (247 votes)
Production
- Director
- Marcel Camus
- Writers
- Jacques Viot
- Studios
- Dispat Films, Gemma Cinematografica, Tupan Filmes
- Countries
- Brazil, Italy, France
Languages
- Original
- Portuguese
- Spoken
- Portuguese